Comments on: Views from outside http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/ Tim King on French politics Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:47:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: marie-france http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-23010 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-23010 I am afraid "Isn't he of Hungarian origin?!" shocks me He is totally French even though he is culturally Jewish in part too. That may be why his charm works so well. May be the readers of this blog should be taught what a mixed lot we French people are. You have the figures, I haven't. Actually if he can succeed I believe it will be due to this multifaceted cultural inheritance which disarms antagonism. I am afraid “Isn’t he of Hungarian origin?!” shocks me He is totally French even though he is culturally Jewish in part too. That may be why his charm works so well. May be the readers of this blog should be taught what a mixed lot we French people are. You have the figures, I haven’t. Actually if he can succeed I believe it will be due to this multifaceted cultural inheritance which disarms antagonism.

]]> by: Tim http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-22968 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:02:29 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-22968 The Bulgarian people generally are extremely grateful to the French president for his help and diplomacy in securing the release of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor condemned to death in Libya. Whatever the ins and outs of that business, the nurses flew out of Libya in a French aeroplane accompanied by Mrs. Sarkozy and her husband's cabinet director. No Bulgarian journalist is going to carp about whether or not Sarkozy's economic policies are old hat - first and foremost, as far as they are concerned, he saved the lives of 9 courageous Bulgarians. The Bulgarian people generally are extremely grateful to the French president for his help and diplomacy in securing the release of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor condemned to death in Libya. Whatever the ins and outs of that business, the nurses flew out of Libya in a French aeroplane accompanied by Mrs. Sarkozy and her husband’s cabinet director. No Bulgarian journalist is going to carp about whether or not Sarkozy’s economic policies are old hat - first and foremost, as far as they are concerned, he saved the lives of 9 courageous Bulgarians.

]]> by: Angela Joyce http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-22964 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:34:56 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/views-from-outside/#comment-22964 Dear Tim Why do say "except, understandably, the Bulgarian press."? Isn't he of Hungarian origin?! Regards Angela Joyce Dear Tim

Why do say “except, understandably, the Bulgarian press.”? Isn’t he of Hungarian origin?!

Regards

Angela Joyce

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